text: i want to know about the scientific contributions by dr. miriam hasson sander.? dr. miriam hasson sander went to arie crown grade school and i think ida crown high school and graduated in 198l.  the schools are in skokie, il. and chicago, il. in that order.  she went to a major university - one of the top 10.  she was in my daughter's class.  she passed away january 17, 2006 from a malignant brain tumor.  her husband was dr. david sander. her field of study was biology, i believe. looks like she is/was teaching at purdue. i can't find any mention of her death though.  the link below goes to a bio of her on the purdue website.