Calvin C. Warnick was born 15 November 1920 in Hinckley, Utah to Parley P. and Grace Cropper Warnick. He attened school in Hinkley and graduated from Utah State University at Logan before completing graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and Delft Technical University in The Netherlands. During World War II he worked for Boeing Aircraft Compant as a design engineer. He would later work for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at Salt Lake City, Utah. He joined the University of Idaho in 1947. His work at the University of Idaho focused on water resources planning and hydropower development. He married Kathleen Orr Porter on the 26 November 1952 in Moscow. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Idaho Society of Professional Engineers. Warnick was an advisor to the Idaho state government on water resources and was inducted into the Idaho Water Users Hall of Fame in 1988. He and Kathleen were awarded the Jim Lyle University of Idaho alumni award in 1995. Warnick died 20 June 1996 in Moscow. He was survived by his wife, stepson Jack R. Porter, and three sons David, Thomas, Paul, and Norman.