The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
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.
Gerald Ford recalls Max Fisher's effective fundraising.
HUD Certificate of Appreciation
Bar-Ilan Degree
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.