The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Detroit's Renaissance Center Article
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Construction of Renaissance Center
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
In 1974, the Hadassah Wizo of Canada, a Jewish women's philanthropic organization, inscribed Max Fisher as a governor of the Haifa Community College in Winnipeg.
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
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.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan 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.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
A personal letter from Secretary of State George Shultz.