The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Robert Aronson on Max Fisher's fundraising prowess.
Tribute to Max Fisher
Renaissance Center
Max Fisher holding his award with Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the American Hebrew Congregations, and Industrialist Lester Avnot.
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Max Fisher meeting with Richard Nixon and other leaders, including John Ehrlichman, William Rogers, Rabbi Hershel Schacter, and William Wxler, in the White House in 1970.
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
New Detroit article
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.