The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Congratulatory letter from Israeli President Ezer Weizman to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.
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.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Abba Eban dinner
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.