The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Left to Right (seated): Gottlieb Hammer (Executive Vice Chairman, UIA); Melvin Dubinsky (President and Board Chairman of UIA); Frank Kellogg (Special Assistant to the Secretary of State) Left to Right (standing): Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.); Leonard Garment (Special Consultant to President Nixon); Walter Stoessel, Jr. (Assistant Secretary for European Affairs); Joseph Sisco (Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs); Marshall Wright (Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations); Max M. Fisher (Chairman, Jewish Agency Board of Governors).
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
Max Fisher speaking in a UJA fundraising video about the need to support Jewish people around the world.
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher with Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher and President George H. W. Bush outside the White House. Signed, "To Max - I love this shot. Your friend - George Bush"
Max Fisher in 1977
A personal letter from Secretary of State George Shultz.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront