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    Joel Boris Spira (born 18 July 1981) is a Swedish film, television, and theatre actor.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Apr 15, 2015 · Mr. Spira married Ruth Rodale in 1954. (Her father, J. I. Rodale, was the founder of Rodale Inc., the health-oriented publishing company.) She survives him. Besides their daughter Susan, he...

  5. Apr 10, 2015 · Joel was born in New York City on March 1, 1927 to Elias and Edna Spira. After proudly serving in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, he attended Purdue University and earned a Bachelor of Science...

  6. He is survived by his beloved wife, Ruth Rodale Spira, to whom he was married for 60 years; his sister Miriam Spira Poser; daughters Susan Spira Hakkarainen (husband Pekka Hakkarainen), Lily Spira Housler (husband Ryan Housler), and Juno Spira; and grandsons Ari Hakkarainen, Max Hakkarainen, and Bailey Malanczuk.

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  8. Jun 6, 2010 · He remembers his wife, Ruth Rodale Spira, wearing safety gloves and patiently testing his device on light bulbs for hours at a time, trying to find just the right balance of bright to dim....