The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Henry Ford II speaks to a crowd of reporters and well-wishers at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Renaissance Center on a rainy day in Detroit.
The Detroit riots, which began on July 23, 1967 led to 43 deaths, 7,200 arrests and a minimum of $42.5 million in damages.
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.
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
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.
Abba Eban dinner
In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.