The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
Detroit's Renaissance Center Article
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
A photograph of the then four living presidents, signed by each, presented to Max Fisher in 1998, along with a personal letter from Gerald Ford.
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Michigan GOP Honors
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Max Fisher's retirement speech from United Brands
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.