[2] 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.
[3] He served as the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Kansas.
[4] He was President Emeritus of Eastern Washington University until 1987 and served as President of the American Society for Public Administration] (ASPA).
[5] 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).
Frederickson died on July 24, 2020, in Lawrence, Kansas.