The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Al Taubman talks about the key to Max's ability to raise funds.
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Michigan GOP Honors
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
Max Fisher, Gerald Ford and other members of the UJA and the State Department signing the contract in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the State Dept. Building.
Max M. Fisher at the Scopus Award Dinner with Alan E. Schwartz and President Gerald R. Ford.
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
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.
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.