Education
He received his Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics at Harvard under Maxime Bôcher.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics at Harvard under Maxime Bôcher.
Brenke taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln mathematics department from 1908 to 1944 and was chair of the department from 1934 to 1944. He retired in 1943 but his successor, Ralph Hull, was put on official leave to do war work and returned from leave in 1945.