The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
"The Gang of Eight" article
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from Dick Cheney to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.
Bob McCabe discusses Max Fisher's key role in the Detroit Renaissance, his leadership and his ability to build consensus.
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.