The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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A 1966 Detroit Jewish News article titled "Israel is Facing Massive Absorption Job" quotes Max Fisher heavily.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Damon Keith recalls Max Fisher's wisdom in negotiations with African-American leaders in Detroit and his commitment to the city.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Bill Berman talks about Max Fisher's commitment to finding consensus among groups in the pursuit of the right decision.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Max Fisher in 1977
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
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.
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.