The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
Construction of Renaissance Center
Max Fisher with Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher and President George H. W. Bush outside the White House. Signed, "To Max - I love this shot. Your friend - George Bush"
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Max M. Fisher at the Scopus Award Dinner with Alan E. Schwartz and President Gerald R. Ford.
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
Congratulatory letter from Teddy Kollek to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
1960 UJA Overseas Report
Bob McCabe discusses Max Fisher's key role in the Detroit Renaissance, his leadership and his ability to build consensus.
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
HUD Certificate of Appreciation
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.