Goodbye #AVTweeps: Final Farewell to Industry Pioneers
Joel Spira, founder of Lutron Electronics and a pioneer in residential electronics and automation, died in April 2015. He died of natural causes at his home in Springfield Township, Pa. He was 88 years old.
Spira and wife Ruth were honored by the Smithsonian Institute in 2010 when several of their early lighting control inventions were accepted by the historical society. Their work in creating the solid state dimmer sits next to artifacts from Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.
