The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly
Congratulatory letter from Dick Cheney to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
In the Fall of 1971, Henry Ford undertook the largest single building venture in Detroit’s history. The project was the Renaissance Center, also known as “RenCen.”
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Max Fisher, Golda Meir and others
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.