The Griffith Memorial Arch honors the memory of Miss Caddie A. Griffith, Class of 1909.  While in college, she was known for her "wit, intelligence, good looks, and - at 5' 10" -her starring role on the girls basketball team," according to Dr. G. Richard Kern in his book, "Findlay College:  First Hundred Years."

She headed the Findlay College department of English in 1914-1916 and 1917-1918, before going on to serve as dean of women at Franklin College, Indiana, and Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.

The entrance to her alma mater, Findlay College, was erected by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Griffith, in 1923 after she died of intestinal flu while at Ohio Wesleyan.