The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
New Detroit article
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher's retirement speech from United Brands
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Jewish Statesmanship Award
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
Henry Ford II speaks to a crowd of reporters and well-wishers at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Renaissance Center on a rainy day in Detroit.
A handsome token of appreciation given to Max and Marjorie Fisher from the Jewish Federation of Detroit, of which Max Fisher was president from 1959 to 1964.
Max and Marjorie Fisher with Henry Ford II and his wife, Christina, during a trip to Israel in 1972.
Construction of Renaissance Center
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.