The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Detroit News on July 15, 1971
Peter Cummings remembers Max Fisher's leadership and commitment to Detroit, and on his loyalty to people and causes.
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Left to Right: Alan E. Schwartz, Joseph L. Hudson, Robert E. McCabe, Max M. Fisher, A. Alfred Taubman
A personal letter from Secretary of State George Shultz.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.