The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
Detroit's Renaissance Center Article
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
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.”
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Detroit News on July 15, 1971
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
The Alpha Kappa Psi Civic Award, "For service to country and community and inspiring leadership," presented to Max Fisher in 1970 by the Delta Theta Chapter of the University of Detroit.
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.