One of the first papers Max Kelly told me to read when I started graduate work was Albrecht Dold, "Zur Homotopietheorie der Kettenkomplexe" Math. Ann. 140 1960 278–298. When I returned with a complete translation into English, Max was very critical. He said that was not the way to read a paper in another language. Eventually I met Dold several times. At the invitation of Murray Adelman, Dold visited Macquarie. At the same time, Steve Schanuel was visiting me. This was an exciting time since the two visitors recognized that Dold's work on trace was relevant to Schanuel's work on Euler characteristic. The two charismatic guests were a delight to be around. They generated so much excitement about the mathematics. Albrecht Dold was a genuine European gentleman and I will remember him as looking much younger and energetic than his years. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]