The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Max Fisher, Golda Meir and others
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
The Detroit Riots of 1967
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
The Detroit riots, which began on July 23, 1967 led to 43 deaths, 7,200 arrests and a minimum of $42.5 million in damages.
New Detroit article
Left to Right (seated): Gottlieb Hammer (Executive Vice Chairman, UIA); Melvin Dubinsky (President and Board Chairman of UIA); Frank Kellogg (Special Assistant to the Secretary of State) Left to Right (standing): Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.); Leonard Garment (Special Consultant to President Nixon); Walter Stoessel, Jr. (Assistant Secretary for European Affairs); Joseph Sisco (Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs); Marshall Wright (Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations); Max M. Fisher (Chairman, Jewish Agency Board of Governors).
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.