The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max M. Fisher, George Klein, and Richard Fox – the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
Bill Berman talks about Max Fisher's commitment to finding consensus among groups in the pursuit of the right decision.
Max Fisher and Zalman Shazar
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Detroit Renaissance Construction
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.
Congratulatory letter from Teddy Kollek to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Renaissance Center
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.