Rick Ward

Rick Ward, ABC-Paramount's publicity director in the early and mid 1960s, wrote the song "Light Out Of Darkness", together with Ray Charles, on this album Shirley Horn - Light Out Of Darkness (A Tribute To Ray Charles). Here is an article from Billboard on July 25, 1964 about that song. You can also find the song at IMDb under Rick Ward (II). And if you want to look at Rick Ward, here is an image of Rick Ward from Billboard on June 20, 1960.

Finally, here are Rick Ward's all registered compositions at BMI.

R. Ward, R.Ward, Richard Ward, Ward