The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Left to Right: Alan E. Schwartz, Joseph L. Hudson, Robert E. McCabe, Max M. Fisher, A. Alfred Taubman
A 1966 Detroit Jewish News article titled "Israel is Facing Massive Absorption Job" quotes Max Fisher heavily.
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
United Jewish Appeal V-E Day Commemorative Medal
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Peter Golden offers an enlightening quote about Max Fisher from Ronald Reagan.
A photograph of the then four living presidents, signed by each, presented to Max Fisher in 1998, along with a personal letter from Gerald Ford.
Peter Cummings remembers Max Fisher's leadership and commitment to Detroit, and on his loyalty to people and causes.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.
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.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Robert Aronson on Max Fisher's fundraising prowess.
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.