The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
The Detroit riots, which began on July 23, 1967 led to 43 deaths, 7,200 arrests and a minimum of $42.5 million in damages.
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Henry Ford II speaks to a crowd of reporters and well-wishers at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Renaissance Center on a rainy day in Detroit.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
In the Fall of 1971, Henry Ford undertook the largest single building venture in Detroit’s history. The project was the Renaissance Center, also known as “RenCen.”
"The Amazing Life of Max Fisher" ran as the feature story on the front page of The Detroit Free Press on October 2, 2003 and detailed the life of the philanthropist and the opening of the Max M. Fisher Music Center at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Place.