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Raymond Ketchledge AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany and Holmdel The late Raymond Ketchledge helped transform telecommunications by contributing to the development and implementation of electronic switching systems. He oversaw the equipment phase of the project to develop the first central office electronic switching system placed into service in Succasunna in 1965. He held more than 60 patents, with 31 directly related to electronic switching systems.