Lee Family Book

5.6.9.1.4 Marvin Paul Warnick, was born June 14, 1924 in Westernport, Maryland. He graduated from Barton High School in 1942. He worked his senior year in the office of the manager of construction at Savage River Dam, and upon graduation, at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. in Baltimore, MD. He served in the army from 1943 - 1946. He married Freda Mae Wilt on August 31, 1946. His first assignment was secretary to officers at Drexel University who administered a program for exceptional students slated to serve in the war. When the program was terminated, Marvin became the clerk for US mobile hospitals in the European Theater.   She was the daughter of Oscar Murry Wilt and Bessie Marie Fazenbaker Wilt. The author written and published large family histories of the Wilt and Fazenbaker Families (soon to be found on this webpage). Freda worked for the Social Security Administration for 33 years

until her retirement in 1979. Marvin attended college on the G I Bill and graduated from the

University of Baltimore in 1949. He was employed by the Internal Revenue Service from 1950

until he retired in 1977. They had one son.

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5.6.9.1.4.1 Walter Lee Warnick, the author, was born May 31, 1947 in Baltimore, MD. He

received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1969 and a

MS and PhD degrees in in mechanical engineering from the

University of Maryland in 1972 and 1977. Walter worked for the U.S. Naval Research

Laboratory from 1971 to 1977 and for the U.S. Department of Energy from 1977-2014. Walter conceived and directed the development of Science.gov which enables anyone with access to the web to freely search and retrieve the journal articles and reports generated by the vast RTD programs of the US government. Walter married Metta Ann Nichter on May 2, 1970 in Catonsville, Maryland. She is the daughter of Lawrence Bernard Nichter and Bertha Mae Reed Nichter. The author has some genealogical information on Metta Ann’s family. Metta Ann worked at and retired from the US Department of Energy. Walter and Metta Ann have two daughters.

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5.6.9.1.4.1.1 Ashlie Colleen Warnick was born 1/24/1973. At age 19, she received a bachelors degree in economics and political science, having accumulated 140 credit hours. She earned a law degree from the University of Michigan and has a PhD in economics from George Mason University. Ashlie is a member of the faculty of Northern Virginia Community College. Ashlie married Robert Frommer. Robert earned a bachelors degree in economics from George Mason University and a law degree from the University of Michigan. Rob works for the institute of Justice in Washington DC. 

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5.6.9.1.4.1.1.1  Joseph May Applefire Frommer was born 2/11/2009. Joseph attends the Fusion Academny in Leesburg, VA, and the School of Rock in Haymarket, VA.

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5.6.9.1.4.1.1.2 Thatcher Winston Lee Frommer was born 9/13/2010. Thatcher attends the Fusion Academy in Leesburg, VA. He's too tall. 

5.6.9.1.4.1.2 Leah Brooke Warnick was born 9/27/1975. She received a BS degree in economics and political science from the college of William and Mary and a law degree from the University of Virginia. She worked for the law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge on K Street in Washington, DC, predominantly as an environmental lawyer, taking advantage of the new technologies of Science.gov that her dad helped put onto the web. She married Tadd Christian Wilson, who has a BS degree from the University of North Carolina and an MBA from the University of Virginia. Soon after the birth of their first child, Leah elected to leave her law practice and become a full time Mom. Tadd works at Stand Together, a philanthropic community founded by Charles Koch and led by Brian Hooks that supports changemakers tackling the root causes of America’s toughest problems. As Head of New Projects, he leads the development of innovative initiatives and partnerships to expand the organization’s impact.

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5.6.9.1.4.1.2.1 Claire Else Wilson was born 2/13/2004. Claire won 1st place at school and regional science fairs in 2018 (her last year of middle school). She won the VFW Patriots Pen Civic Writing Contest, also in that school year. She additionally won a principal's recognition award that year. In her previous middle school years, she won 3rd and second place in her school's science fair. She attended Thomas Jefferson Highschool of Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA, from which she graduated. She was part of a year long research project into recellularization of apple scaffolds to form basic skin tissue, a project on multiple regression analysis predictors of tornado EF rating implications for warning reform, and a research project on the effect of different smoking devices on oral microbial diversity; All of these done in her senior year of high school (2021-2022). She was the president and activities coordinator of the Highschool's Chemistry Society, as well as a writing center tutor, a peer tutor in stats/algebra/bio, and she wrote for the school paper all four years of her tenure. She is majoring in Molecular Biology at Lehigh Valley university in Bethlehem, PA. She is perusing an honors thesis, conducting research to determine the function of putative signal peptides in Phage Doughnut proteins, as well as delineate their potential function in Phage infection. She is involved in the Martindale Student Associates Honors Program through the Lehigh College of Business Martindale Center for Study of Private Enterprise, conducting field research in Croatia. She has been on the Dean's List for the entirety of her college tenure, requiring a GPA of 3.6 or higher. She is a resident advisor (known as a Gryphon at Lehigh), which she has done for three years and won The Unsung Hero award for her work in 2023-2024 for going above and beyond to assist her colleagues. She is now the Head Gryphon, who functions more as an advisor to subordinate Gryphons. She has been an officer for the Lehigh Quizbowl for two years, this being her third. She has helped the team facilitate tournaments and nearly go to nationals. She has conducted bacteriophage research for the bulk of her college tenure, and discovered a unique phage (dubbed "Patito" by Claire) from some dirt in her backyard. She has annotated the genomes of phages Dorothea, LappelDuVide, Etoile, and Doughnut. Two of those genomes have been published on the NCBI GenBank, with the other two on the way. She also wrote a paper comparing the genomes of Dorothea and LappelDuVide. She has presented Phage work at four different symposia across two years: two at Lehigh, and two virtual national ones. She interned at NIH in 2024, working at the center for Alzheimer's and related Dementias. She analyzed DNA methylation differences in neuronal cell types derived from the KOLF2.1J cell line. The goal was to develop a methylome for the cell line to be used a reference and use the cell line for collaborative neurodegenerative disease research. She has presented her work at two NIH symposia that summer, one at NIA and one at the greater NIH. She interned at Penn State in the summer of 2025, looking at alternative polyadenylation of RNA transcripts in ALS fly models, as well as quantifying mitochondrial fragmentation in disease and rescue fly models. She presented her research at a symposium that summer. She is looking to receive a PhD, which she is in the process of applying for. 

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5.6.9.1.4.1.2.1 Carolyn Reed Wilson was born 8/9/2005. They graduated from Colgan Highschool in Prince William County, Virginia. They are currently taking classes at Northern Virginia Community college, and run a small online business making art commissions for patrons. 

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5.6.9.1.4.1.2.3 Gregory Lawrence Wilson was born 7/18/2008. He will graduate from Battlefield Highschool in Haymarket, Virginia in May 2026. He is the editor in chief, website manager, communications manager, assistant writer, and designer for this website and the efforts surrounding it (he is also the one typing this). He is a black belt in Shotakan Karate and Kickboxing, he is an Eagle Scout from Troop 91, an Altar Server at Saint Kathrine Drexel Catholic Church, he was an assistant teacher at Twin Dragon Martial arts and was an assistant teacher at Saint Kathrine Drexel Catholic Church's CCD program. He served as the Senior Patrol leader of his troop and has served as an ASPL numerous times. He serves as a Camp Counselor and Coach at Children of the Light Dancers in Fairfax, Virginia every summer, and in the 2025-202 6 school year is serving as an Administrative Director on the senior leadership team during the year-round classes. He won 1st place in Physics during his 6th grade science fair. He has done Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Jiu Jitsu. He also plays guitar, bass, drums, and other instruments. He is first aid, wilderness first aid, and adult CPR certified, and a member of the Order of the Arrow. 

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5.6.9.1.4.1.2.3 Nathaniel Ryan Wilson was born 3/4/2011. He is set to graduate from Battlefield Highschool in Haymarket, VA, in 2029. He is an Eagle Scout in Troop 91. He is a skillful soccer player, mainly playing in the striker position for VSA and VDA. He made varsity all three years in Middle School. He has served as the Senior Patrol Leader of Troop 91. He is an Altar Server at Saint Kathrine Drexel Catholic Church.