The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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HUD Certificate of Appreciation
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
United Jewish Appeal V-E Day Commemorative Medal
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Damon Keith recalls Max Fisher's wisdom in negotiations with African-American leaders in Detroit and his commitment to the city.
"Detroit Renaissance: A Decade of Progress and A Commitment to the Future," 1981 address by Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance, Inc.
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
Max Fisher in 1977
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein