The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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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.
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Max and his wife Marjorie at the National Distinguished Leadership Award festivities.
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
"Detroit Renaissance: A Decade of Progress and A Commitment to the Future," 1981 address by Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance, Inc.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Robert Aronson reflects on Max Fisher's historic influence on behalf of Israel.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.