Next time you tap out a phone number, thank John Karlin

He’s the wizard who came up with all-number dialing and was the pioneer of the touch-tone telephone.  He died last month at the ripe age of 94:  His research, along with that of his subordinates, quietly yet emphatically defined the experience of using the telephone in the mid-20th century and
Source: The Deacons Bench by Deacon Greg Kandra  

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