The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
1960 UJA Overseas Report
Max Fisher and George Shultz with Jane Sherman at the Council of Jewish Federations General Assembly in San Francisco in 1990, during which Shultz was presented the Human Rights Award by his longtime friend Fisher.
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
The Alpha Kappa Psi Civic Award, "For service to country and community and inspiring leadership," presented to Max Fisher in 1970 by the Delta Theta Chapter of the University of Detroit.
Max Fisher holding his award with Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the American Hebrew Congregations, and Industrialist Lester Avnot.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Bar-Ilan Degree
Max M. Fisher at the Scopus Award Dinner with Alan E. Schwartz and President Gerald R. Ford.
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.