The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

The Resource Center provides access to a database of photos, video clips, letters, documents, newspaper articles, awards and other archival material. There are several user-friendly ways to search the Resource Center. The “Quick Search” field above offers a keyword search for those who know what they are looking for. Searches can also be filtered by Topic and Type from the pull-down menus to the right. Click on any item on this screen to see more detailed information. On each detail page, click on the Related Resources for additional items of related interest.

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Teaching Resources contain lesson plans focused on Max Fisher's four key values: Wisdom, Generosity, Service, and Leadership. Lessons include individual and group activities and trigger questions for further thought.

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max Fisher with former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Founding Assembly of the RAFI in June 1971.
Max Fisher, Golda Meir and others
1961 United Foundation Torch Drive
Anti-Defamation League Honors
President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
The Alpha Kappa Psi Civic Award, "For service to country and community and inspiring leadership," presented to Max Fisher in 1970 by the Delta Theta Chapter of the University of Detroit.
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Congratulatory letter from President Bill Clinton to Max Fisher for receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Michigan GOP Honors
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"