Bernard Livingstone Bostwick, who spent a lifetime in athletics administration, passed away on Friday morning.

As an athlete, he participated in softball, cricket, soccer and athletics. A teacher by profession, Bostwick began his athletics administration as secretary to the Ambassadors Sporting Club and became secretary of the Bahamas Amateur Athletic Association, now Bahamas Association of Athletics Associations (BAAA), in 1968. He retained that position until 1997. He served as secretary to presidents Enoch Backford, Winston Cooper, Dr. Bernard Nottage and Alpheus Finlayson.

Bostwick was instrumental in the formation of the Bahamas Association of Certified Officials (BACO), and introduced the use of computers for local and international meet management in The Bahamas. A long-standing member of the National Sports Advisory Council, Bostwick was appointed secretary/treasurer for the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Congress in 1982 by president Dr. Bernard Nottage. He was the organizational secretary and meet director for just about every international competition held in The Bahamas until the 2005 Senior Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Championships. He is credited in bringing the federation into the digital age.

Bostwick represented The Bahamas at many International Association of Athletics Federation's (IAAF) Congress meetings and received an IAAF Veteran's Pin at the 1999 Seville Congress. He was one of five Bahamians inducted into the CAC Hall of Fame in 2008. Bostwick was also a long-serving member of the Bahamas Olympic Association (BOA), where he left in 2008 as assistant secretary.

Bostwick is survived by his wife Branhilda, children Barry, Gena, Bernard, Tammy, Brendan, Kijana and Alicea. In November of 2013, Bostwick was inducted into the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture's National Hall of Fame.

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