The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
An excerpt from The Congressional Record detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
In the Fall of 1971, Henry Ford undertook the largest single building venture in Detroit’s history. The project was the Renaissance Center, also known as “RenCen.”
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
In 1974, the Hadassah Wizo of Canada, a Jewish women's philanthropic organization, inscribed Max Fisher as a governor of the Haifa Community College in Winnipeg.