The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher, Gerald Ford and other members of the UJA and the State Department signing the contract in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the State Dept. Building.
Max and his wife Marjorie at the National Distinguished Leadership Award festivities.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Detroit News on July 15, 1971
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.