The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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1960 UJA Overseas Report
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Max Fisher's retirement speech from United Brands
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Congratulatory letter from President Bill Clinton to Max Fisher for receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
Damon Keith recalls Max Fisher's wisdom in negotiations with African-American leaders in Detroit and his commitment to the city.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.