The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly
The Detroit Riots of 1967
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Max Fisher and George Shultz with Jane Sherman at the Council of Jewish Federations General Assembly in San Francisco in 1990, during which Shultz was presented the Human Rights Award by his longtime friend Fisher.
New Detroit article
Detroit Renaissance Construction
Bill Berman talks about Max Fisher's commitment to finding consensus among groups in the pursuit of the right decision.
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max M. Fisher, George Klein, and Richard Fox – the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to President Nixon concerning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's 1969 visit.
Detroit Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront
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.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Tribute to Max Fisher