The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max M. Fisher with A. Alfred Taubman in the early 1980s
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Henry Ford II speaks to a crowd of reporters and well-wishers at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Renaissance Center on a rainy day in Detroit.
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
An excerpt from The Congressional Record detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Max Fisher speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Michigan. (L-R) JCC President John H. Shepard, Max Fisher, Executive Director Alvin L. Kushner, and Judge Damon J. Keith.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.