The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
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.”
Congratulatory letter from Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from Alexander Haig to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
A photograph of the then four living presidents, signed by each, presented to Max Fisher in 1998, along with a personal letter from Gerald Ford.
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.