 His brother, Robert F. Kennedy visited the university in 1962 for the first time and in June 1964 for receiving his honorary degree from the "Department of Philosophy".The speech he held at the event was dedicated to John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated just the year before.In the late 1960s, Free University of Berlin was one of the main scenes of the German student movement of 68 as a reaction to the global student protests during that time.