The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

The Resource Center provides access to a database of photos, video clips, letters, documents, newspaper articles, awards and other archival material. There are several user-friendly ways to search the Resource Center. The “Quick Search” field above offers a keyword search for those who know what they are looking for. Searches can also be filtered by Topic and Type from the pull-down menus to the right. Click on any item on this screen to see more detailed information. On each detail page, click on the Related Resources for additional items of related interest.

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Teaching Resources contain lesson plans focused on Max Fisher's four key values: Wisdom, Generosity, Service, and Leadership. Lessons include individual and group activities and trigger questions for further thought.

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Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
The Detroit riots, which began on July 23, 1967 led to 43 deaths, 7,200 arrests and a minimum of $42.5 million in damages.
Renaissance Center
Bar-Ilan Degree
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Robert Aronson on Max Fisher's fundraising prowess.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
New Detroit article
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.