Prof. em. Anna Wirz-Justice has been awarded a honorary membership of the Swiss Society for Sleep Research, Sleep Medicine and Chronobiology (SSSSC) at the annual meeting in Luzern (18.05.2014). Her excellent merits in Chronobiology research on the international level, but also on the national level, where she engaged for Light Therapy in SAD and was a founding member and also president (1994-1997) of the SSSSC, underline her pivotal role in setting up the goals and spirits of the society.