Biography
John D. Holum was born on December 4,1940,in Highmore,South Dakota. [2] He received a B.A. in mathematics and physics from Northern Michigan College (now Northern Michigan University) and a J.D. from George Washington University School of Law in 1970. [2]
From 1965 to 1979 he worked as legislative director for Senator George McGovern. [2] When McGovern ran for president in 1972,Holum wrote his 56-page position paper on defense policy,which advocated cutting the defense budget from $87.3 billion in 1972 to $54.8 billion in 1975,a proposal Theodore White characterized as "an extraordinary flight of one man's imagination." [3] From 1979 to 1981,he worked as a Policy Planning staffer in the U.S. Department of State. [2] From 1981 to 1992,he worked in Washington,D.C. for O'Melveny &Myers. [2] In 1992,he joined Bill Clinton's campaign,until he was appointed as Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1993. [2] He served as Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security from 1997 until he was confirmed in 2000. [2] He left his job in 2001,with George W. Bush's administration.
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