The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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"The Gang of Eight" article
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Robert Aronson reflects on Max Fisher's historic influence on behalf of Israel.
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
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.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.