The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
Michigan GOP Honors
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
"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.
Congratulatory letter from President Ronald Reagan to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly
Max Fisher's retirement speech from United Brands