The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
Michigan GOP Honors
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
Bill Berman talks about Max Fisher's commitment to finding consensus among groups in the pursuit of the right decision.
New Detroit article
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Tribute to Max Fisher
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.
Congratulatory letter from Teddy Kollek to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Detroit News on July 15, 1971
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.