WILLIAM (Bill) GRIFFITHS. Honored as contributor and founder of the LPGA Corning Classic; currently Classic tourney director and vice chairman of the sponsoring committee .. . Director and two-term president of the Corning Country Club ... Since '77 when he came up with idea for the LPGA event, annually gives hundreds of volunteer hours to running Classic, and for betterment of CCC . . . Cited by LPGA for novel ideas.