10 things about Prospect Heights, Illinois’s Robert Kirk

Robert Willard Kirk is from Prospect Heights, Illinois, United States. The city is around 26 miles away from Chicago, Illinois.

BIOGRAPHY

Kirk is an American architect. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. Aside from Prospect Heights, he has lived in other parts of Illinois including Arlington Heights and Chicago.
2. He is 5 years older than Kathryn Kirk.
3. In 1993, his son Charlie Kirk was born.
4. In 1996, his daughter Mary Kirk was born.
5. From 2006 to 2019, he held an architect license with the contractors license board of Florida, USA.
6. In 2012, his son Charlie co-founded Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college and university campuses.
7. In 2021, his son Charlie married Erika Frantzve Kirk.
8. In 2023, his daughter Mary founded Kirk Art Services in Chicago.
9. In 2025, his son Charlie died.
10. In April 2025, he turned 73.

TIMELINE

Among the services Robert offered as an architect were custom home design, industrial building design, office building design, basement design and accessory dwelling unit (ADU) design. He and Kathryn raised Charlie and Mary in a politically moderate household.

1990s

• On October 14, 1992, Kathryn gave birth to their son Charlie.

2000s

• On October 4, 2006, he obtained his license to practice architecture in Florida.

2010s

• On October 18, 2018, probable cause was found that he affirmed at renewal that he had completed the required continuing education credits. He was chosen for the audit and did not provide any hours of continuing education during the audit period.
• On February 28, 2019, his license to practice architecture in Florida expired.
• On May 17, 2019, the Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a fine of $1,000.00 plus costs, 48 hours of continuing education and suspension until compliance against his license to practice architecture. He affirmed at renewal that he had completed the required continuing education credits. He was chosen for the audit and did not provide hours of continuing education during the audit period.

2020s

• On May 8, 2021, his son Charlie and Erika got married.
• On September 10, 2025, his son Charlie was fatally shot by Tyler Robinson at a rally at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, USA.
• On September 21, 2025, around 200,000 people attended his son Charlie’s funeral at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, USA.