The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Renaissance Center
Max Fisher with former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Founding Assembly of the RAFI in June 1971.
Max M. Fisher with A. Alfred Taubman in the early 1980s
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
Robert Aronson on Max Fisher's fundraising prowess.
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
In 1974, the Hadassah Wizo of Canada, a Jewish women's philanthropic organization, inscribed Max Fisher as a governor of the Haifa Community College in Winnipeg.
Max Fisher with Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher and President George H. W. Bush outside the White House. Signed, "To Max - I love this shot. Your friend - George Bush"
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Max Fisher agreed to serve as Chairman of Detroit Renaissance, a civic organization with the goal of economic growth for Detroit. The directors included dozens of the most recognizable leaders in Detroit's business community including James M. Roche, Chairman of General Motors and Joseph Hudson, Jr., President of Hudson's Department Stores.
1961 United Foundation Torch Drive
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Letter to President George H.W. Bush the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.