Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - PhilosophyHistoryOn 28 April 1965 and by the invitation of the President of the Students' Representative Council, Donald Gunner, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, at the University of Melbourne, spoke to a meeting of undergraduates called to protest against the rejection of Dr. Frank Knopfelmacher's application for the position of Senior Lecturer of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. The rejection was deemed a violation of Knopfelmacher's academic freedom. Gunner, however, argued that University's should make appointments freely and without external pressure.