The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Tribute to Max Fisher
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Bob McCabe discusses Max Fisher's key role in the Detroit Renaissance, his leadership and his ability to build consensus.
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Max Fisher in 25 words or less poster.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.