H. George Frederickson (July 17, 1934 – July 24, 2020) was born in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was a generalist in the field of public administration with particular interests in public things, theories of public administration, systems of multi-level governance, and American local government. He served as the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Kansas. He was President Emeritus of Eastern Washington University until 1987 and served as President of the American Society for Public Administration] (ASPA). Frederickson was the founding editor of the Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE) and was founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART).

Major influences on public administration

Minnowbrook II

Social equity

Moral justification for bureaucracy

High reliability organizations

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Death

Frederickson died on July 24, 2020, in Lawrence, Kansas.