The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
HUD Certificate of Appreciation
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
Max Fisher meeting with Richard Nixon and other leaders, including John Ehrlichman, William Rogers, Rabbi Hershel Schacter, and William Wxler, in the White House in 1970.
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Max M. Fisher with A. Alfred Taubman in the early 1980s
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque