This is one of Lutron Electronic's products on display in a meeting room at the company during a visit by Joel Spira in September 2012.

The Lutron family is deeply saddened to announce that Joel Spira, the company's Chairman, Founder, and Director of Research, died this morning, Wednesday, April 8, 2015.

Joel Spira, who brought the light dimmer switch to households across the nation and transformed his Lutron Electronics Company into a leading manufacturer of lighting controls, died of natural ...

The Lutron family is deeply saddened to announce that Joel Spira, the company’s Chairman, Founder, and Director of Research, died this morning, Wednesday, April 8, 2015.

Lutron Electronics Donates Company History to Smithsonian Joel Spira donated materials related to his company’s 50-year history to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, located on the ...

Lighting pioneer Joel Spira, founder of the Lutron Electronics Co. and inventor of the first solid-state electronic dimmer, died on April 8, 2015 at the age of 88.

The founder of Lehigh Valley-based Lutron and the father of the dimmer light switch, has died. Joel Spira, 88, passed away Wednesday morning, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office confirmed. Just ...

Decorated inventor of the first solid-state electronic dimmer switch, Joel Spira passed away on Wednesday at the age of 88 in his Bucks County, PA home.

COOPERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Joel Spira, who brought the light dimmer switch to households across the nation and transformed his Lutron Electronics Company into a leading manufacturer of lighting ...

Joel Spira, who brought the light dimmer switch to households across the nation and transformed his Lutron Electronics Company into a leading manufacturer of lighting controls, died of natural ...