The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
A handsome token of appreciation given to Max and Marjorie Fisher from the Jewish Federation of Detroit, of which Max Fisher was president from 1959 to 1964.
Max M. Fisher at the Scopus Award Dinner with Alan E. Schwartz and President Gerald R. Ford.
In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
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.
Max M. Fisher with A. Alfred Taubman in the early 1980s
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Construction of Renaissance Center
Max Fisher, Gerald Ford and other members of the UJA and the State Department signing the contract in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the State Dept. Building.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
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.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.