The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to President Nixon concerning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's 1969 visit.
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.
An excerpt from The Congressional Record detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
1960 UJA Overseas Report
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Detroit News on July 15, 1971
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.
In the Fall of 1971, Henry Ford undertook the largest single building venture in Detroit’s history. The project was the Renaissance Center, also known as “RenCen.”
A personal letter from Secretary of State George Shultz.
Max Fisher in 25 words or less poster.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.