The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Left to Right: Alan E. Schwartz, Joseph L. Hudson, Robert E. McCabe, Max M. Fisher, A. Alfred Taubman
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Max Fisher speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Michigan. (L-R) JCC President John H. Shepard, Max Fisher, Executive Director Alvin L. Kushner, and Judge Damon J. Keith.
Max Fisher, Gerald Ford and other members of the UJA and the State Department signing the contract in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the State Dept. Building.
Al Taubman talks about the key to Max's ability to raise funds.
Detroit News on July 15, 1971
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
The Detroit Riots of 1967
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
Bar-Ilan Degree
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.