The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
The Detroit Riots of 1967
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
A handsome token of appreciation given to Max and Marjorie Fisher from the Jewish Federation of Detroit, of which Max Fisher was president from 1959 to 1964.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
The Alpha Kappa Psi Civic Award, "For service to country and community and inspiring leadership," presented to Max Fisher in 1970 by the Delta Theta Chapter of the University of Detroit.
Max M. Fisher at the Scopus Award Dinner with Alan E. Schwartz and President Gerald R. Ford.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
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.
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
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.