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.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
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.
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
HUD Certificate of Appreciation
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Congratulatory letter from Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Detroit Renaissance Construction
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of 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."
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.