The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.
The Detroit Riots of 1967
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Michigan GOP Honors
The Detroit riots, which began on July 23, 1967 led to 43 deaths, 7,200 arrests and a minimum of $42.5 million in damages.
Congratulatory letter from Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
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.
Anti-Defamation League Honors