The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

The Resource Center provides access to a database of photos, video clips, letters, documents, newspaper articles, awards and other archival material. There are several user-friendly ways to search the Resource Center. The “Quick Search” field above offers a keyword search for those who know what they are looking for. Searches can also be filtered by Topic and Type from the pull-down menus to the right. Click on any item on this screen to see more detailed information. On each detail page, click on the Related Resources for additional items of related interest.

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Teaching Resources contain lesson plans focused on Max Fisher's four key values: Wisdom, Generosity, Service, and Leadership. Lessons include individual and group activities and trigger questions for further thought.

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Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.
The Alpha Kappa Psi Civic Award, "For service to country and community and inspiring leadership," presented to Max Fisher in 1970 by the Delta Theta Chapter of the University of Detroit.
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir
Peter Golden offers an enlightening quote about Max Fisher from Ronald Reagan.
Letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max M. Fisher, George Klein, and Richard Fox – the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Henry Ford II speaks to a crowd of reporters and well-wishers at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Renaissance Center on a rainy day in Detroit.
Abba Eban dinner
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.