The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Left to Right: Thomas A. Murphy (Chairman, General Motors), Max M. Fisher, Robert E. McCabe (President, Detroit Renaissance), A. Alfred Taubman, Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
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"
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.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
United Jewish Appeal V-E Day Commemorative Medal
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.