LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Adirondack
Medical Center

WHEREAS, Our hospitals serve the vital purpose of providing for the
healthcare needs of our citizens through excellence in the delivery of
medical services; and
WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Legislative Body to recognize that
the quality of life in the communities across this great State of New
York is enriched by the concerned and dedicated efforts of those organ-
izations of distinction whose singular purpose is the care and welfare
of others; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commem-
orate the 100th Anniversary of Adirondack Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, What is known today as the Adirondack Medical Center began as
two separate hospitals, the General Hospital of Saranac Lake, and the
Placid Memorial Hospital of Lake Placid; and
WHEREAS, Built at the top of Winona Avenue, the General Hospital of
Saranac Lake was founded in 1911, through the efforts of many public
citizens, and was presented to Saranac Lake by M. Redfield Proctor and
Miss Emily Dutton Proctor on March 11, 1913; at the time, it accommo-
dated twelve patients, and in 1914, an isolation cottage for four more
patients was added; and
WHEREAS, By 1961, it had become obvious that the General Hospital of
Saranac Lake could go no further on the Winona Avenue site, and the
decision was made to erect a new hospital on a 25-acre site on Lake
Colby donated by the Latour Fuel Company; the present facility was
constructed and dedicated in 1967; led by the generosity of Mr. Edmund
Guggenheim, the building included the shell for a third floor that was
completed in 1968; and
WHEREAS, The Placid Memorial Hospital Fund, under the leadership of
Mary Prime, was organized in 1947, and plans for construction of a new
hospital to be located on a Church Street parcel, donated by the Shea
Family, were developed; and
WHEREAS, Doors were opened at the Placid Memorial Hospital of Lake
Placid on February 4, 1951, to serve the first patient; and
WHEREAS, Adirondack Medical Center was incorporated on January 1,
1991, when the General Hospital of Saranac Lake and the Placid Memorial
Hospital of Lake Placid consolidated; and
WHEREAS, A major capital construction project, Adirondack Medical
Center for the 21st Century, was completed at both sites in 2003; and
WHEREAS, Answering the call to ensure continued skilled nursing care
in the Tri-Lakes, Adirondack Medical Center took over ownership of Mercy
Healthcare Center in Tupper Lake and Uihlein Mercy Center in Lake Placid
on January 1, 2007; and
WHEREAS, For over a century, Adirondack Medical Center has continued
its tradition of providing quality health care and dedicated service to
the members of its community; and
WHEREAS, It is incumbent upon the people of the State of New York to
commend and recognize those esteemed institutions within the medical
community for their extraordinary and sustained contributions to the
improvement of life; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Adirondack Medical Center, fully
confident that it will continue to play a leadership role in healthcare
for many years to come; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Adirondack Medical Center.