The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Louis Hamburger, Edward C. Levy, Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Itzhak Rabin, and Samuel Hamburger during the Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters Meeting at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Congratulatory letter from President Ronald Reagan to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
Max Fisher, Golda Meir and others
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.
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Michigan GOP Honors
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Detroit Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.