The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

The Resource Center provides access to a database of photos, video clips, letters, documents, newspaper articles, awards and other archival material. There are several user-friendly ways to search the Resource Center. The “Quick Search” field above offers a keyword search for those who know what they are looking for. Searches can also be filtered by Topic and Type from the pull-down menus to the right. Click on any item on this screen to see more detailed information. On each detail page, click on the Related Resources for additional items of related interest.

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Michigan GOP Honors
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Max Fisher in 25 words or less poster.
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award