The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Louis Hamburger, Edward C. Levy, Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Itzhak Rabin, and Samuel Hamburger during the Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters Meeting at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Peter Cummings remembers Max Fisher's leadership and commitment to Detroit, and on his loyalty to people and causes.
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
A photograph of the then four living presidents, signed by each, presented to Max Fisher in 1998, along with a personal letter from Gerald Ford.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
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.
Max and his wife Marjorie at the National Distinguished Leadership Award festivities.
Max and Marjorie Fisher with Henry Ford II and his wife, Christina, during a trip to Israel in 1972.
Tribute to Max Fisher