The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
Congratulatory letter from Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from George P. Shultz to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.
Max Fisher in 1977
Peter Cummings remembers Max Fisher's leadership and commitment to Detroit, and on his loyalty to people and causes.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Louis Hamburger, Edward C. Levy, Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Itzhak Rabin, and Samuel Hamburger during the Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters Meeting at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.