The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to President Nixon concerning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's 1969 visit.
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
Max Fisher meeting with Richard Nixon and other leaders, including John Ehrlichman, William Rogers, Rabbi Hershel Schacter, and William Wxler, in the White House in 1970.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
In the Fall of 1971, Henry Ford undertook the largest single building venture in Detroit’s history. The project was the Renaissance Center, also known as “RenCen.”
Robert Aronson reflects on Max Fisher's historic influence on behalf of Israel.
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.