The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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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.
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Al Taubman talks about the key to Max's ability to raise funds.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
Max Fisher speaking in a UJA fundraising video about the need to support Jewish people around the world.
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
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.
HUD Certificate of Appreciation
In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Renaissance Center
Bob McCabe discusses Max Fisher's key role in the Detroit Renaissance, his leadership and his ability to build consensus.
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.