== Biografie ==Joel bracht zijn jeugd deels door in New York City, waar hij slaagde aan de DeWitt Clinton High School in de Bronx. ###>Amos Edward Joel, Jr. (born March 12, 1918 in Philadelphia – died October 25, 2008 in Maplewood, New Jersey) was an American electrical engineer, known for several contributions and over seventy patents related to telecommunications switching systems.