The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max and Marjorie Fisher with Henry Ford II and his wife, Christina, during a trip to Israel in 1972.
Michigan GOP Honors
Bob McCabe explains how the Ren Cen was a catalyst for revitalizing Detroit.
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Bar-Ilan Degree
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 with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
New Detroit article
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Congratulatory letter from President Bill Clinton to Max Fisher for receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.