The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Detroit News on July 15, 1971
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Gerald Ford recalls Max Fisher's effective fundraising.
1961 United Foundation Torch Drive
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
Max Fisher with Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher and President George H. W. Bush outside the White House. Signed, "To Max - I love this shot. Your friend - George Bush"
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Max Fisher and Zalman Shazar
Robert Aronson reflects on Max Fisher's historic influence on behalf of Israel.
Left to Right (seated): Gottlieb Hammer (Executive Vice Chairman, UIA); Melvin Dubinsky (President and Board Chairman of UIA); Frank Kellogg (Special Assistant to the Secretary of State) Left to Right (standing): Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.); Leonard Garment (Special Consultant to President Nixon); Walter Stoessel, Jr. (Assistant Secretary for European Affairs); Joseph Sisco (Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs); Marshall Wright (Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations); Max M. Fisher (Chairman, Jewish Agency Board of Governors).
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication