The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Max Fisher agreed to serve as Chairman of Detroit Renaissance, a civic organization with the goal of economic growth for Detroit. The directors included dozens of the most recognizable leaders in Detroit's business community including James M. Roche, Chairman of General Motors and Joseph Hudson, Jr., President of Hudson's Department Stores.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Peter Golden offers an enlightening quote about Max Fisher from Ronald Reagan.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Michigan GOP Honors
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Gerald Ford recalls Max Fisher's effective fundraising.
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.