The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Bob McCabe discusses Max Fisher's key role in the Detroit Renaissance, his leadership and his ability to build consensus.
Jewish Statesmanship Award
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Max Fisher speaking in a UJA fundraising video about the need to support Jewish people around the world.
Congratulatory letter from President Bill Clinton to Max Fisher for receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Tribute to Max Fisher
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.