The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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1960 UJA Overseas Report
"Detroit Renaissance: A Decade of Progress and A Commitment to the Future," 1981 address by Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance, Inc.
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
Max Fisher in 25 words or less poster.
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Robert Aronson on Max Fisher's fundraising prowess.
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
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.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Bar-Ilan Degree