The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
In the Fall of 1971, Henry Ford undertook the largest single building venture in Detroit’s history. The project was the Renaissance Center, also known as “RenCen.”
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Max M. Fisher at the Scopus Award Dinner with Alan E. Schwartz and President Gerald R. Ford.
Gerald Ford recalls Max Fisher's effective fundraising.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
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 with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Michigan GOP Honors
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.