The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
An excerpt from The Congressional Record detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Bob McCabe explains how the Ren Cen was a catalyst for revitalizing Detroit.
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
Max Fisher speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Michigan. (L-R) JCC President John H. Shepard, Max Fisher, Executive Director Alvin L. Kushner, and Judge Damon J. Keith.
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Congratulatory letter from Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Left to Right: Thomas A. Murphy (Chairman, General Motors), Max M. Fisher, Robert E. McCabe (President, Detroit Renaissance), A. Alfred Taubman, Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.