amassed watches and other objects characterized
through advanced students.
as appropriate for male collectors.
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the Proctors’ paintings, prints and decorative
furnishings, which became the nucleus of the
original permanent collection.
In 1941 the art institute was granted the
power to “provide instruction in higher
education at the college level in the field of fine
arts with authority to confer the degree of
Bachelor of Fine Arts.” This milestone marked
the establishment of the School of Art, which
has flourished for more than seven decades and
continues to offer courses in art to all ages.
The collection of the Museum of Art expanded
in the post-war years, necessitating the need for
more exhibition space. Acclaimed architect Philip
Johnson was selected to design a new art museum,
which opened in 1960. This historical landmark
stands today in distinction and grandeur as the
MWPAI Museum of Art. With the construction of
the Johnson building, a decision was made to
After Rachel’s death in 1915, the three
renovate and refurbish Fountain Elms as a
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remaining family members—Maria, Thomas and
Victorian house-museum. An education wing to
Above: A reception held at
Frederick—developed the concept of a
unite the two buildings was constructed in 1995.
the Institute.
community cultural organization. In 1919 the
As a New York State Governor’s Arts Award
art institute was chartered as “an artistic,
recipient, MWPAI remains a celebrated venue
musical and social center.” A few months after
for art, music, performance and education for
Maria’s death in 1936, Munson-Williams-Proctor
people of every age and background.
Institute opened to the public. Fountain Elms,
For more information about the Munson
the home built for the Williams family, was
Williams Proctor Arts Institute, please visit
maintained as the museum, exhibiting many of
www.mwpai.org.
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Known as Utica’s Technology Company™,
operations and support personnel at its five
INDIUM
Indium Corporation is a premier technology
Oneida County facilities—its global headquarters
materials manufacturer and supplier to the
in Clinton, New York, and four manufacturing
CORPORATION
global electronics, semiconductor, solar, thin-
facilities in Utica, Rome, and Clinton.
film, and thermal management markets. With
Indium Corporation was founded as a result
approximately 800 employees worldwide, the
of research done on indium by a visionary
UTICA’S
company is headquartered in Clinton, New York.
chemical engineer, William Murray. Throughout
TECHNOLOGY
Indium Corporation operates thirteen facilities
the 1920s, he was director of research at the
located in China, Malaysia, Singapore, South
Oneida Community where he and his team
COMPANY™
Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.
developed the initial uses and applications of
The company has numerous field sales and
indium, a newly discovered and little-known
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technical support offices throughout the world.
metallic element. Murray also explored sources
The original offices of
Globally, the firm employs numerous
of indium in mines throughout North America
Indium Corporation.
scientists, engineers, and technicians, as well as
and he and the Oneida Community began
working with Anaconda Mining Company to
secure commercial supplies of the metal.
After extensive work to develop non-
tarnishing silverware, Murray and his team were
issued a flurry of patents covering numerous
manufacturing processes. On March 13, 1934,
armed with a unique product, protected
intellectual property, a proven research team and
a secure supply of raw material, Murray, the
Oneida Community, and Anaconda Mining
Company formed the Indium Corporation of
America. Murray served as president and the
business began operation in his garage at
805 Watson Place in Utica.
Interestingly, Murray also had political
aspirations, serving as Chairman of the Oneida
County and New York State Republican Parties.
In 1938, only four years after the company
was founded, Indium Corporation’s J. Robert
Dyer, Jr., developed the technology for plating
the first indium-treated aircraft engine bearings
for United Aircraft Corporation. As a result,
during WWII, the U.S. government awarded
Indium Corporation the prestigious Army/Navy
‘E’ Award for manufacturing excellence.
In 1952 the company developed a
commercially viable process for the manufacture
of precision solder performs, enabling the
mass production of alloy-junction transistors
by Texas Instruments. In the 1960s, the
company developed an extensive line of
indium-based inorganic compounds, such as
indium oxide, indium hydroxide, and indium-
tin oxide. This was followed in the 1970s by
the initial development of a world-class line
of solder pastes for microelectronics assembly.
In 1989, Indium Corporation—in conjunction
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Indium Corporation is involved with several
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with Rockwell International—performed
community service activities. These include
Top, left: Forms of indium.
Indium Float Zone Purification experiments
sponsorship of the STEM outreach program at
aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis. A year
SUNY Polytechnic Institute, RCIL student career
Top, right: Indium Corporation
later, the company performed Microgravity
exploration and job readiness, and career
engineers in a clean room.
Disturbances experiments aboard the NASA
exploration with Mohawk Valley Community
Space Shuttle Columbia.
College’s STEP program. The company is also
®
Bottom, left: NanoFoil ignition.
More recently, Indium Corporation earned
involved in career exploration with various
multiple Frost & Sullivan marketing awards
BOCES programs and serves as co-organizer and
Bottom, right: Indium Corporation
for technical developments and for customer
manager of the Utica-area Manufacturing Day
employs numerous engineers,
value enhancements in solder manufacturing.
observation. In addition, Indium sponsored the
scientists, and technicians at its five
The Gillette Company honored the Indium
Utica Zoo’s hundredth birthday celebration in
Oneida County facilities.
Corporation with its Omnimark Award two
2014 and Utica College’s athletic program.
separate times for outstanding performance in
Company personnel serve on the boards of
quality and service as a supplier to Duracell.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Mohawk Valley
And, the Indium Corporation was recognized
Community College, St. Elizabeth Medical
multiple times by Intel for supplier performance,
Center, and Utica College’s Young Scholars
including earning the company’s prestigious
Liberty Partnership Program.
Preferred Quality Supplier Award.
Indium Corporation: Utica’s Technology
In 2007 the Mohawk Valley Chamber of
Company™.
Commerce named Indium Corporation the
“Business of the Year.” And, in 2012, the Indium
Corporation received the Oneida-Herkimer-
Madison BOCES School and Business Alliance
Shining Star Company Award for its
conscientious approach to providing quality
job-shadowing experiences to local students.
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agency represented the Agricultural Company
TURNBULL
continually for more than 100 years, until the
insurance company was sold. Members of the
INSURANCE
board of directors and other investors then
SERVICE
went across the street in Watertown and
started a new insurance company. The agency
was appointed as the first agency in Oneida
County for the New York Casualty. The agency
represented the company for over twenty years
until that company was sold.
Turnbull Insurance Service has outlasted
Turnbull Insurance Service is a family owned
many of the companies it has represented. The
and run Independent Insurance Agency located
agency has Certificate of Authority Number 5
at 600 French Road in New Hartford. The agency
from the “Sun of London.” Certificates one
is operated by the fourth generation, James B.
through four were turned in, making Number 5,
Turnbull IV and Mark A. Turnbull, who are the
the oldest Certificate of Authority in the United
great grandsons of James B. Turnbull, who estab-
States, for the oldest insurance company in
lished the agency in Utica, New York, in 1866.
the world, founded in 1710.
James B. left his family farm in Antwerp,
There have been many changes in the
New York, in 1866 and walked to Watertown,
insurance coverage provided to its customers.
New York, where he was offered a position as an
The agency has a hand penned ID card for a
agent for the Agricultural Insurance Company
Model T Ford. At that time, the purchase of
of Watertown, New York. When he was told
insurance for a vehicle was optional. Turnbull
that the company needed an agent in Utica,
Insurance has many original policies that were
he walked from Watertown to Utica and sold
issued by James Turnbull that go back to the
fire insurance to farms along the way.
1800s, insuring farms and personal belongings.
By the time he reached Utica he had sold
Many of these old policies were returned to
enough policies to be appointed an agent
the agency by third and fourth generations of
with the Agricultural Insurance Company. The
customers’ families. These policies are one page
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Top: James B. Turnbull II, in office
at the “busy corner” of Genesee and
Bleecker Streets, Utica, 1916.
Above: The office at 240 Genesee
Street showing the sign, 1968.
Right: James Turnbull II “J. B.” and
James Turnbull III, behind a desk at
240 Genesee Street, Utica.
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documents that are issued on paper resembling
lighted sign with black letters identifying the
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stock certificates. Some of these policies
firm that hung from the building. This sign
Left to right, James B. Turnbull IV,
insured for Fire and Lightning damage only.
was one of the last to come down when the city
James B. Turnbull III, Lynda Turnbull
The agency has an endorsement that when
changed the rules for signs that extended over
(Cioni) and Mark A Turnbull,
added to the policy granted: “permission to use
the sidewalks.
all principals of the agency, 1983.
electricity.” Some of the farms were insured for
James B. Turnbull IV joined the agency in
the total amount of $2,800, with premium of
1979 after graduation from college. Mark
fourteen dollars. Quite a change from present
Turnbull, second son of James and Ruth
day values.
Turnbull, joined the agency in 1983. Their
James Turnbull’s son, James B. Turnbull II
daughter, Lynda Turnbull (Cioni) also worked
took over the agency and was joined in the
with the agency after college until she married
business by a cousin, Bryon Turnbull. They
and left the area. Lynda is still involved with
continued the agency operation at a second
the agency. James IV and Mark are the owners
floor office on the “busy corner” at Genesee
of the agency today.
and Bleecker Streets for many years. James B.
Needing more office space, and better park-
Turnbull III joined his father in the agency
ing for their customers, the agency moved to a
business around 1955. Byron retired, and the
new office in an older home at 1415 Genesee
agency was operated by James II and III until
Street in 1984. The agency remained there for
the sudden death of James II in 1961. James II
fifteen years before moving to a new location,
died of a heart failure during a dinner in his
next door at 1417 Genesee Street when a new
honor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in
building was built. The agency moved to its cur-
Utica, where he was a lifelong member.
rent location at 600 French Road, New Hartford
The office moved a few blocks up Genesee
in the fall of 1993 and remains there today.
Street to 240 Genesee Street, across from the
Turnbull Insurance Service is proud of our
Savings Bank of Utica, the “Bank with the Gold
long history in the Mohawk Valley. The agency
Dome.” The agency offices remained located in
appreciates its customers and looks forward to
the heart of downtown Utica for close to fifty
its upcoming 150th year of providing personal
years. Many will remember the large yellow,
insurance service to Utica and surrounding areas.
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PRESBYTERIAN
HOMES &
SERVICES,
INC.
Presbyterian Homes & Services’ mission is
An adult day healthcare program opened
to excel in providing healthcare, housing and
in 1988. A special needs unit to serve those
community services while promoting individual
with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
wellness and independence in a dignified manner.
was officially operating in 1990. This pro-
The beautiful 64.5 acre campus off Middle
gram provides all of the institutional health-
Settlement Road offers a full range of healthcare
care services to individuals who reside in
services while providing the tranquility of
the community.
nature and easy access to shopping, restaurants,
Recognizing the special needs of those
churches, banks and medical offices.
with Parkinson’s disease and other movement
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Presbyterian Homes & Services began in
disorders, the Homes’ Parkinson’s Residence
Above: Preswick Glen.
1962 when the Utica Presbytery investigated
was opened in 2001. This residence was one of
the possibility of building a nursing home for
the first in the nation located in a skilled
Below: The Meadows at
elderly Presbyterians in need of convalescent,
nursing facility that serves as a model in the
Middle Settlement.
rehabilitation and nursing care. On October 16,
individual’s care and treatment.
1963, Presbyterian Home for Central New
PHCNY, a long-term facility, also provides
York, Inc. (PHCNY) was incorporated. The first
medical adult day healthcare, out-and-in-patient
resident was admitted on June 1, 1967, and the
rehabilitation and aquatic classes.
facility was at full capacity only three months
Also operating under the umbrella of
later. The need for expansion was obvious and
Presbyterian Homes & Services is The Meadows
several expansions over the years have resulted
at Middle Settlement, Inc., a low to moderate
in the present 236 bed facility.
income subsidized housing complex.
Plans for The Meadows began
at a meeting of the board of
directors in 1968 when a motion
was made to have a “complete
geriatric center concept on
campus.” This innovative idea
was enthusiastically accepted.
The groundbreaking ceremony
for the facility was held in
November 1971 and, by 1973,
apartments were sufficiently com-
pleted to open. All of the apart-
ments were filled by September
1974 and they have remained
filled ever since. There is also a
very lengthy waiting list for The
Meadows at Middle Settlement.
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This nonprofit corporation operates
as a subsidiary of Presbyterian Homes &
Services and is open to anyone over
age sixty-two, regardless of sex, race,
creed or national origin. The complex
consists of 48 studio apartments with
sleeping alcoves and dressing rooms,
76 one-bedroom, and 24 two-bedroom
apartments. The Friendship House is a
community building where residents
may get together for social activities
or meetings. Laundry facilities and a
kitchen are located in this building,
which also has a large outdoor patio.
Presbyterian Residential Community
(PRC), which opened in 1995, provides
long-term residential care and services to indi-
High quality care and quality of life are
viduals who do not require continuous nursing
important issues at the Presbyterian Homes
care, but are unable to live independently.
campus. The support of friends and the
PRC offers two levels of care in its 96 bed
community is vital in helping the institution
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facility; 54 adult-care beds and 42 assisted-
maintain its high standards for residents and
Above: Presbyterian
living beds. The facility focuses on providing a
the senior community that accesses its various
Residential Community.
supportive living environment in which older
services. Presbyterian Homes Foundation was
persons can remain active and independent in a
developed to receive charitable gifts, donations
Below: Presbyterian Home for
homelike setting.
and grants to enable the organization to contin-
Central New York.
PRC provides adult care, assisted living, home
ue its high standards into the future. More
care, social adult day care and a wellness center.
information about the foundation may be found
Preswick Glen was incorporated in 2000 for
at www.presbyterianhome.com/donations.
the purpose of operating housing for older
The goal of Presbyterian Homes is to provide
persons. Preswick Glen is an independent
a comprehensive continuum of care from
living community offering an array of services
independent living through skilled nursing on
that include flexible dining, housekeeping,
its Middle Settlement Road campus between
transportation, and emergency response system
Presbyterian Home for Central New York and
and outside maintenance. Preswick Glen con-
The Meadows at Middle Settlement.
sists of 124 one- and two-bedroom
apartment homes and two-bedroom
cottages located on forty acres in
New Hartford.
Preswick Glen’s mission is a
not-for-profit retirement community
committed to providing security,
peace of mind and independence for
senior adults by providing opportuni-
ties for personal growth in an attrac-
tive and comfortable atmosphere.
Since opening of the first facility in
1967, Presbyterian Homes & Services
now offers home care, wellness, adult
day services (both social and med-
ical), long-term care, assisted living
and rehabilitation.
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Since its founding in 1986, the law firm of
principle that clients would benefit from a team
GETNICK
Getnick Livingston Atkinson & Priore, LLP has
of lawyers experienced in a broad range of prac-
been recognized for its client-centered approach
tice areas. This principle has