The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Date: March 10, 1981
Media Type: Letter
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Date: April 25, 1984
Media Type: Article
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Media Type: Photo
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Date: May 24, 1981
Media Type: Photo
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
Date: December 4, 1994
Media Type: Letter
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Media Type: Photo
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Date: December 4, 1994
Media Type: Award
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
Date: April 30, 1969
Media Type: Award
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action
Date: December 4, 1994
Media Type: Letter
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Date: June 1, 1990
Media Type: Photo
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Date: October 30, 1977
Media Type: Photo
Max Fisher speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Michigan. (L-R) JCC President John H. Shepard, Max Fisher, Executive Director Alvin L. Kushner, and Judge Damon J. Keith.
Date: November 14, 1994
Media Type: Letter
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Date: September 5, 1968
Media Type: Photo
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.
Date: September 9, 2003
Media Type: Video
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
Date: February 28, 1990
Media Type: Award
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Date: April 20, 1967
Media Type: Photo
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.