The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Left to Right: Alan E. Schwartz, Joseph L. Hudson, Robert E. McCabe, Max M. Fisher, A. Alfred Taubman
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
United Jewish Appeal V-E Day Commemorative Medal
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
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.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.
Construction of Renaissance Center