 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1938, mhuri yaBrenner yakamanikidzwa kusiya Austria kuti itize kubata kweNazi. Akaenda kuJames Madison High School muBrooklyn, NY, uye muna 1940 akagamuchirwa kuCity University yeNew York kwaakapedza kudzidza neBA muChemical Engineering. 