The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Letter to President George H.W. Bush the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
HUD Certificate of Appreciation
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max M. Fisher, George Klein, and Richard Fox – the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Michigan GOP Honors
Max Fisher meeting with Richard Nixon and other leaders, including John Ehrlichman, William Rogers, Rabbi Hershel Schacter, and William Wxler, in the White House in 1970.