He beat the odds.

The College Fix reports.

Socially conservative Princeton professor honored with ‘Distinguished Teaching’ award

Princeton Prof. Robert George has beaten the odds: Not only did he not have to sue his university for an improperly withheld promotion or fight for his tenure, but the conservative academic has just been honored by Princeton.

A startlingly rare social conservative at the top of the ivory tower who has co-taught a popular class with the Marxist Cornel West, George received a President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton’s commencement today along with three other professors.

A Princeton news release manages to say only nice things about George, with no backhanded compliments or political digs for being vocally pro-life or believing that gender identity cannot dictate reality: