The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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"Detroit Renaissance: A Decade of Progress and A Commitment to the Future," 1981 address by Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance, Inc.
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Congratulatory letter from Teddy Kollek to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.
Bill Berman talks about Max Fisher's commitment to finding consensus among groups in the pursuit of the right decision.
Damon Keith recalls Max Fisher's wisdom in negotiations with African-American leaders in Detroit and his commitment to the city.
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.
Bar-Ilan Degree
New Detroit article
A handsome token of appreciation given to Max and Marjorie Fisher from the Jewish Federation of Detroit, of which Max Fisher was president from 1959 to 1964.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.