The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Letter to President George H.W. Bush the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Max Fisher holding his award with Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the American Hebrew Congregations, and Industrialist Lester Avnot.
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
Peter Golden offers an enlightening quote about Max Fisher from Ronald Reagan.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir
Max Fisher speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Michigan. (L-R) JCC President John H. Shepard, Max Fisher, Executive Director Alvin L. Kushner, and Judge Damon J. Keith.
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Construction of Renaissance Center
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House