I do not understand why it is not in my authority to merge my two profiles.
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/23684880/wayne-e-thogmartin
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/54485796/wayne-e-thogmartin
If someone at Microsoft was paying attention, they'd 1) recognize the hundreds of requests to merge profiles, 2) fix their process so these multiple profiles aren't created, and 3) develop a straightforward and obvious process for merging of profiles.