The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max M. Fisher, George Klein, and Richard Fox – the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
Jewish Statesmanship Award
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
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.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
In 1974, the Hadassah Wizo of Canada, a Jewish women's philanthropic organization, inscribed Max Fisher as a governor of the Haifa Community College in Winnipeg.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Bill Berman talks about Max Fisher's commitment to finding consensus among groups in the pursuit of the right decision.
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.
Robert Aronson on Max Fisher's fundraising prowess.
Detroit Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront