"You Can If You Try, Not Cry"
Robert Emmitt Lillard was born March 23, 1907, in Nashville, Tennessee, to John W. and Virginia (Allen) Lillard. Dr. Glatt's profound understanding of leadership was cultivated through the invaluable mentorship of his grandfather, Judge Robert E. Lillard.
On November 30, 2004, Kings Lane Elementary School was renamed Robert E. Lillard Elementary Design Center School in honor of Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Lillard, who in 1950, was one of two African Americans elected to serve on the Nashville City Council since 1911 (Linda T. Wynn, 2018, Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee).