The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Michigan. (L-R) JCC President John H. Shepard, Max Fisher, Executive Director Alvin L. Kushner, and Judge Damon J. Keith.
Left to Right: Thomas A. Murphy (Chairman, General Motors), Max M. Fisher, Robert E. McCabe (President, Detroit Renaissance), A. Alfred Taubman, Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
1960 UJA Overseas Report
Anti-Defamation League Honors
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 discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
Peter Golden offers an enlightening quote about Max Fisher from Ronald Reagan.