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Joel Spira (businessman) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who is best known as the founder of Lutron Electronics, a company that manufactures lighting control systems. He was born on March 1, 1927 in New York City, NY, U.S. Spira attended the City College of New York, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering. After college, he worked as an engineer for a number of companies before founding Lutron Electronics in 1961. Spira is credited with inventing the first solid-state dimmer switch, which revolutionized the lighting industry. He has been awarded numerous patents for his inventions, and has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Spira is currently 88 years old and has a net worth of $1.2 billion. He is married to his wife, Ruth, and has three children. He is an active philanthropist, and has donated millions of dollars to various charities and causes.

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Occupation inventor, entrepreneur, business magnate
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 1 March 1927
Birthday 1 March
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death April 8, 2015 - Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died Place Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2015

Spira headed the firm for 54 years and more recently became chair of the board and research director. He died in 2015 at the age of 88 from a heart attack in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania. He was awarded the ASME Leonardo Da Vinci Award in 2000 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

1959

Spira became—as a result of his discovery—best known for his initial, seminal invention: the first successful solid state-electronic dimmer. He filed for a patent on July 15, 1959 (U.S. 3,032,688). On the basis of the dimmer alone, he and his wife Ruth Rodale Spira, who was an active associate, founded the Lutron Electronics Company in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1961. The privately held firm, whose headquarters remain there today, has grown into an international manufacturer and distributor not only of dimmers, but also of motorized and automated window-covering systems, as well as lighting fixtures and temperature controls.

1950

In the 1950s, he worked for an aerospace company, where he was assigned to develop a reliable trigger for atomic weapons. Suggested by others at the laboratory, he called on the thyristor, a solid state semiconductor switch. During his research, he recognized that the device could also be employed to vary the intensity of light.

1927

Joel Solon Spira (March 1, 1927 – April 8, 2015) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and business magnate.

Spira was born in New York City in 1927 to a Jewish family. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1948 and became a benefactor with his wife, including the School of Mechanical Engineering Ruth and Joel Spira Award and others.

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