'''Art Ward''' ''(né'' '''Arthur Downs Ward'''; June 14, 1922 – January 29, 2002) was an American music industry entrepreneur who, among other things was a co-owner of A & R Recording, Inc., where he had served a president.
Ward was born in Maryland. Before his involvement with A & R Recording, he was Manager (from 1948 to 1953) of the Honey Dreamers, a popular vocal quintet, and the Arbors,<ref name="Michigan Alumnus" /> a popular vocal quartet. He had also been director of public relations for Vitacoustic Records from September 1947 to March 1948 and a radio announcer for WBOC.
He died, aged 79, in Queens, New York, in January 2002.
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Michigan Alumnus">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=KPnhAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA29 Three Former Glee Club Members In Vocal Group Called 'The Arbors'],'' ''The Michigan Alumnus'', November 1974, Vol. 81, No. 3, pg. 29</ref> }}
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