The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Jewish Statesmanship Award
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Construction of Renaissance Center
Detroit Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
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.
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
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.
Bob McCabe explains how the Ren Cen was a catalyst for revitalizing Detroit.
Left to Right (seated): Gottlieb Hammer (Executive Vice Chairman, UIA); Melvin Dubinsky (President and Board Chairman of UIA); Frank Kellogg (Special Assistant to the Secretary of State) Left to Right (standing): Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.); Leonard Garment (Special Consultant to President Nixon); Walter Stoessel, Jr. (Assistant Secretary for European Affairs); Joseph Sisco (Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs); Marshall Wright (Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations); Max M. Fisher (Chairman, Jewish Agency Board of Governors).
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.