The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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"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.
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
Renaissance Center
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Tribute to Max Fisher
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Michigan GOP Honors
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
New Detroit article