The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
A photograph of the then four living presidents, signed by each, presented to Max Fisher in 1998, along with a personal letter from Gerald Ford.
Max Fisher meeting with Richard Nixon and other leaders, including John Ehrlichman, William Rogers, Rabbi Hershel Schacter, and William Wxler, in the White House in 1970.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Max Fisher, Gerald Ford and other members of the UJA and the State Department signing the contract in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the State Dept. Building.
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Bob McCabe explains how the Ren Cen was a catalyst for revitalizing Detroit.