Scott Taylor Wiley

BRUNSWICK – Scott Taylor Wiley, of Brunswick, passed away on August 1, 2025 from cancer at the age of 75 years old.

Scott grew up in Oradell, NJ. In high school, he was a talented soccer and tennis player, captaining both teams, and he loved working on cars. When Scott was only 15 years old, he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He spent considerable time in his teen and college years at Long Beach Island on the Jersey shore, working as a short-order breakfast cook and ice cream truck operator, and using much of his free time to surf.

He graduated with a degree in economics with honors from Dartmouth College and earned his MBA in finance from the University of Chicago. He began his business career with J.P. Morgan & Co. as an oil analyst in the Trust and Investment division. He became a vice president at J.P. Morgan & Co. and helped to form the company’s first proprietary energy fund to make direct investments in the oil and gas industry. In 1981, Scott formed his own energy investment banking firm, named Copeland, Wickersham, Wiley, and Company. Over the years, the firm grew to about 30 employees with various offices in London, New York, Houston, and Hong Kong. The client base was primarily large banks, institutional investors or energy companies. During his professional career, he was a member of the Finance Analysts Federation, New York Society Security Analyst, and ultimately the president of the National Association Petroleum Investment Analysts in the early 1980’s. In 1989, Scott created his own firm, Wiley Capital Inc., to raise private equity for small energy companies. Scott was dedicated to his career and made many sacrifices for his family in service of his career. His career took him all over the world with large spans in Texas, France, and Australia.

In 1972, Scott married his high school sweetheart, Joy McArthur, who grew up two blocks away in Oradell, NJ. While Scott and Joy had known each other since elementary school, the sparks of their relationship began in a high school chemistry lab. They were married for 53 years, and had two children, Peter and Glen. While in New Jersey, he served on the local Boy Scouts of America Council and the Dartmouth Club of Northern New Jersey. Also, he was known for his love for tennis, his meat carving skills, and his meticulous landscaping of his home’s property. In late 2009, Scott and Joy made a major life transition when they left their life-long residency in New Jersey to move to Brunswick, Maine to be close to their son, Peter, and their grandchildren.

In his 60s, Scott fulfilled a big item on his bucket list with the purchase of his first Corvette. Scott and Joy were active members in the Vettes of Coastal Maine, a social club for Corvette owners. Scott loved driving his Corvette, eating a lobster roll, and monitoring his financial investments. He was always proud of his children and grandchildren, and especially enjoyed watching his grandchildren play soccer or perform on stage.

Around 1920, Scott’s grandfather from Evanston, Ill. purchased a second home in New York’s Finger Lakes region in a now charming one-traffic light hamlet of the town of Jerusalem called Branchport. He absolutely loved to spend summers at the Branchport home, tinkering in the yard, chatting with neighbors, or sitting out on the back porch, looking out at Keuka Lake. With no television or internet at the house, Scott read many fiction books there about spies, crime, and mysteries, including many novels by Harlan Coben and Vince Flynn.

Scott is survived by his wife, Joy, of Brunswick; his sons, Peter of Brunswick and Glen of Miami, Fla.; as well as grandchildren, Simone, Ian, and Naomi; his sister, Sindy McCrystle, and brother-in-law, Tom, of Charlotte, NC; niece, Meagan (McCrystle) Soffera, and nephew, Kevin McCrystle, and their families.

A celebration of life service will be held at First Parish Church of Brunswick on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 11:00 a.m. Afterwards, Scott will be buried near a family plot in Branchport, NY.

Those wishing to remember Scott may make donations

in his name to:

MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital

Office of Philanthropy

P.O. Box 279

Brunswick, ME 04011-9992

or to:

Modeste Bedient

Memorial Library

3699 Route 54A

Branchport, NY 14418