The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Teaching Resources contain lesson plans focused on Max Fisher's four key values: Wisdom, Generosity, Service, and Leadership. Lessons include individual and group activities and trigger questions for further thought.

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The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Peter Golden offers an enlightening quote about Max Fisher from Ronald Reagan.
Congratulatory letter from President Ronald Reagan to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Renaissance Center
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
"Detroit Renaissance: A Decade of Progress and A Commitment to the Future," 1981 address by Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance, Inc.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
HUD Certificate of Appreciation
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.