Michael Herman Holm's Obituary
Michael Holm retired from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as Assistant Special Agent in Charge in Los Angeles, California, and is credited with making the world’s largest drug seizure in history – 21,700 kilograms of cocaine. His DEA assignments included Chief of Europe, Middle East Desk in DEA Headquarters, Group Supervisor, Chicago, Illinois; SWAT Team Commander, Detroit, Michigan; Country Attaché, Cairo, Egypt. He was also assigned to Beirut, Lebanon; Kabul, Afghanistan; Del Rio, Texas; Miami, Florida; and Seattle, Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Police Science and Administration at Washington State University and joined the Seattle Police Department in 1968. He joined the DEA in 1969 and served extensively on special assignments worldwide throughout his career. He has a Master of Public Administration with areas of concentration in Criminal Justice and American Foreign Policy.
He is survived by his children Jessica Marie Holm and her daughter Harper Grace Marrow, his daughter Diedre Fernandez and her children Dorian Chennault and Julian Baker, his daughter Danielle Holm and her children Michael Downing, Zachary Downing, Noah Herd, and his sister Julie Rhodes and her son Brandon Rhodes.
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