the early 1950s saw dr. bazeley at the university of pittsburgh in the united states working with jonas salk and his team towards the production of a poliomyelitis vaccine. with the success of that project, he returned to australia to once again find himself given the task of pioneering the production of an important new weapon against disease. twenty-five million doses of salk poliomyelitis vaccine were produced at csl in the 1950s and 1960s under dr. bazeley's leadership as director of the government institution. this led to widespread recognition. he was awarded a c.b.e. (commander of the order of the british empire) and was deservedly renowned in the general community where, for example, he was chosen as victorian father of the year in 1958.