The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
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.”
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.
Congratulatory letter from Teddy Kollek to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from Dick Cheney to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center