The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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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.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Max Fisher with former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Founding Assembly of the RAFI in June 1971.
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
Congratulatory letter from Dick Cheney to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Max Fisher in 1977
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Louis Hamburger, Edward C. Levy, Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Itzhak Rabin, and Samuel Hamburger during the Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters Meeting at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.