In the past I have seen students eager to get a recommendation from a proffesor from the upper management like the dean of the faculty. Especially for academic endevours such as grad. school applications. Or similarly a letter from the superindendant of the highschool for undergraduate applications. Would it be relevant that the LoR writer is in the upper management of the university or would the writer be recognized by their academic standing and nothing else. Please note that I am asking this question for student level research oriented applications.