The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Left to Right: Thomas A. Murphy (Chairman, General Motors), Max M. Fisher, Robert E. McCabe (President, Detroit Renaissance), A. Alfred Taubman, Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.
Anti-Defamation League Honors
Al Taubman talks about the key to Max's ability to raise funds.
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
The Alpha Kappa Psi Civic Award, "For service to country and community and inspiring leadership," presented to Max Fisher in 1970 by the Delta Theta Chapter of the University of Detroit.
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
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.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to White House Chief of Staff John Sununu concerning U.S. policy toward Jerusalem.
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir