The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
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.
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
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 and his wife Marjorie at the National Distinguished Leadership Award festivities.
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Louis Hamburger, Edward C. Levy, Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Itzhak Rabin, and Samuel Hamburger during the Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters Meeting at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication