The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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The Alpha Kappa Psi Civic Award, "For service to country and community and inspiring leadership," presented to Max Fisher in 1970 by the Delta Theta Chapter of the University of Detroit.
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
Tribute to Max Fisher
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Max Fisher speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Michigan. (L-R) JCC President John H. Shepard, Max Fisher, Executive Director Alvin L. Kushner, and Judge Damon J. Keith.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.