The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
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.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to White House Chief of Staff John Sununu concerning U.S. policy toward Jerusalem.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
1960 UJA Overseas Report
Renaissance Center
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Bob McCabe explains how the Ren Cen was a catalyst for revitalizing Detroit.
Max Fisher speaking in a UJA fundraising video about the need to support Jewish people around the world.
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.