January 22, 1983: Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer speaking at the commissioning ceremony for Ticonderoga CG-47 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

January 7, 1984: Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer speaking at the commissioning ceremony for Halyburton FFG-40 at Todd Pacific in Seattle, Washington.

U.S. Navy portrait of Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer taken Oct. 19, 1983.

U.S. Navy portrait of Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer taken Oct. 19, 1983.

Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer is regarded as the "Father of Aegis" for his 13 years of service as the Aegis Weapon System Manager and later the founding project manager of the Aegis Shipbuilding Project Office. He retired from the United States Navy in 1985 as the Deputy Commander for Weapons and Combat Systems, Naval Sea Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command and Ordnance Officer of the Navy.