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.
Michigan GOP Honors
Letter from Max M. Fisher to President Nixon concerning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's 1969 visit.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
Peter Cummings remembers Max Fisher's leadership and commitment to Detroit, and on his loyalty to people and causes.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Detroit News on July 15, 1971
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).
Left to Right: Phillip Hart, J.L. Hudson, Jr., Robert P. Griffin, and Max Fisher
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Bob McCabe explains how the Ren Cen was a catalyst for revitalizing Detroit.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Detroit's Renaissance Center Article
Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.