The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Louis Hamburger, Edward C. Levy, Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Itzhak Rabin, and Samuel Hamburger during the Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters Meeting at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Renaissance Center
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award