The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher's retirement speech from United Brands
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to President Nixon concerning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's 1969 visit.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Robert Aronson reflects on Max Fisher's historic influence on behalf of Israel.
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Al Taubman talks about the key to Max's ability to raise funds.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
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.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
Max Fisher with Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher and President George H. W. Bush outside the White House. Signed, "To Max - I love this shot. Your friend - George Bush"