Mark J. Spalding
- Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, Outstanding Alumni Award (2011)
- SeaWeb Senior Fellow, this first ever fellowship for the organization focused on viability of a large scale corporate markets campaigns for four major seafood species (2004)
- Donella Meadows Fellowship to apply systems analysis to fisheries conflict resolution. (2003-4)
- The UCSD Joseph Grunwald Award for the Promotion of Inter-American Understanding. (2000)
- Loyola Law School Board of Governors Alumni Recognition Award. (1999)
- Appointed to the presidential and congressional advisory committee, the Good Neighbor Environmental Board. (October 1998)
- Appointed to be a representative of the environmental community for California’s Delegation to the Thirteenth Border Governors’ Conference. (August 1995)
- Appointed Protocol Attach to the Governor of New Mexico for the Tenth Border Governors’ Conference. (April 1992)
- Selected by People to People, Citizen Ambassador Program to lead a delegation of U.S. attorneys to the European Community. (March 1992)
- Boswell Scholarship. (1979)
- American Legion, God and Country Award. (1979)
- Bank of America Math and Science Award. (1979)
- American Field Service Study Abroad Scholarship. (1978)