The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
Construction of Renaissance Center
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
A photograph of the then four living presidents, signed by each, presented to Max Fisher in 1998, along with a personal letter from Gerald Ford.
Max Fisher and George Shultz with Jane Sherman at the Council of Jewish Federations General Assembly in San Francisco in 1990, during which Shultz was presented the Human Rights Award by his longtime friend Fisher.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s