The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

The Resource Center provides access to a database of photos, video clips, letters, documents, newspaper articles, awards and other archival material. There are several user-friendly ways to search the Resource Center. The “Quick Search” field above offers a keyword search for those who know what they are looking for. Searches can also be filtered by Topic and Type from the pull-down menus to the right. Click on any item on this screen to see more detailed information. On each detail page, click on the Related Resources for additional items of related interest.

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Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Jewish Statesmanship Award
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Abba Eban dinner
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.
Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
An excerpt from The Congressional Record  detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
Max Fisher in 1977
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
New Detroit article
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Congratulatory letter from Dick Cheney to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.