The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
Detroit Renaissance Construction
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Congratulatory letter from George P. Shultz to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Bob McCabe discusses Max Fisher's key role in the Detroit Renaissance, his leadership and his ability to build consensus.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Al Taubman talks about the key to Max's ability to raise funds.