The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Max and Marjorie Fisher with Henry Ford II and his wife, Christina, during a trip to Israel in 1972.
United Jewish Appeal V-E Day Commemorative Medal
Congratulatory letter from Alexander Haig to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher agreed to serve as Chairman of Detroit Renaissance, a civic organization with the goal of economic growth for Detroit. The directors included dozens of the most recognizable leaders in Detroit's business community including James M. Roche, Chairman of General Motors and Joseph Hudson, Jr., President of Hudson's Department Stores.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
"The Gang of Eight" article
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
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.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly