The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Left to Right: Alan E. Schwartz, Joseph L. Hudson, Robert E. McCabe, Max M. Fisher, A. Alfred Taubman
Congratulatory letter from Dick Cheney to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Letter from Max M. Fisher to White House Chief of Staff John Sununu concerning U.S. policy toward Jerusalem.
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
New Detroit article
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Max Fisher agreed to serve as Chairman of Detroit Renaissance, a civic organization with the goal of economic growth for Detroit. The directors included dozens of the most recognizable leaders in Detroit's business community including James M. Roche, Chairman of General Motors and Joseph Hudson, Jr., President of Hudson's Department Stores.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.