in 1961, dr. bazeley returned to the united states to work with jonas salk at the salk institute in la jolla, california. subsequently, he joined uc san diego's university hospital (now "ucsd medical center") as a full professor of medicine. at this same time, he also personally funded and maintained a private medical research facility outside salt lake city, utah. university of california mandatory retirement rules forced dr. bazeley into private medical practice at the age of 67. he died 10 september 1991.