The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Left to Right: Thomas A. Murphy (Chairman, General Motors), Max M. Fisher, Robert E. McCabe (President, Detroit Renaissance), A. Alfred Taubman, Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Letter from Max M. Fisher to President Nixon concerning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's 1969 visit.
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Congratulatory letter from Alexander Haig to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
1961 United Foundation Torch Drive