The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Detroit Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
An excerpt from The Congressional Record detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Max Fisher with former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Founding Assembly of the RAFI in June 1971.
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
In 1974, the Hadassah Wizo of Canada, a Jewish women's philanthropic organization, inscribed Max Fisher as a governor of the Haifa Community College in Winnipeg.
Bar-Ilan Degree