The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Congratulatory letter from Israeli President Ezer Weizman to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher speaking in a UJA fundraising video about the need to support Jewish people around the world.
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.
A handsome token of appreciation given to Max and Marjorie Fisher from the Jewish Federation of Detroit, of which Max Fisher was president from 1959 to 1964.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
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.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.
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.
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.