Florence Pierson Hammond, a counselor to many Harvard students, died on May 10 in her Cambridge home of heart failure. She was 90.

Hammond attended Radcliffe College as one of the earliest women to pursue a graduate education. During her time at Radcliffe, she met and married Mason Hammond, a professor of Latin and Roman history at Harvard.

While raising three children, Hammond assisted her husband in looking after scores of students who lived in Kirkland House from 1946 to 1955, where her husband was house master. She was also involved with the Harvard Neighbors, a welcoming society for faculty members and their spouses.

She was a member of the Memorial Church.

The funeral took place on Monday, May 17, at 11 a.m. in Storey Chapel, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge.