The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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A photograph of the then four living presidents, signed by each, presented to Max Fisher in 1998, along with a personal letter from Gerald Ford.
Max Fisher with former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Founding Assembly of the RAFI in June 1971.
Congratulatory letter from Alexander Haig to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Letter to President George H.W. Bush the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to White House Chief of Staff John Sununu concerning U.S. policy toward Jerusalem.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
"The Gang of Eight" article
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
Letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max M. Fisher, George Klein, and Richard Fox – the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
Max and his wife Marjorie at the National Distinguished Leadership Award festivities.