The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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HUD Certificate of Appreciation
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
An excerpt from The Congressional Record  detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
The Detroit Riots of 1967
Abba Eban dinner
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
The Detroit riots, which began on July 23, 1967 led to 43 deaths, 7,200 arrests and a minimum of $42.5 million in damages.
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center