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.
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Congratulatory letter from Alexander Haig to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max M. Fisher at the Scopus Award Dinner with Alan E. Schwartz and President Gerald R. Ford.
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Michigan GOP Honors
Left to Right: Thomas A. Murphy (Chairman, General Motors), Max M. Fisher, Robert E. McCabe (President, Detroit Renaissance), A. Alfred Taubman, Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
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's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.